Multimorbidity and the inequalities of global ageing: a cross-sectional study of 28 countries using the World Health Surveys

BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity defined as the “the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases” in one individual, is increasing in prevalence globally. The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of multimorbidity across low and middle-income countries (LMICs), and to investigate patterns by age...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Afshar, Sara, Roderick, Paul J., Kowal, Paul, Dimitrov, Borislav D., Hill, Allan G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26268536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2008-7

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26268536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2008-7

Ejemplares similares